Improvement in wheelbarrows



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Improvement in Wheel-barrow.

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UNITED STATES -PATENT QEEIoE.

JOHN GEBR, OF CLEAR SPRDTG, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELBARROWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,736, dated November7, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GEHE, of Clear Spring, in the county ofWashington and State of Maryland, have invented a new and ImprovedWheelbarrow; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making a part of this specification, inwhichlFigure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

This invention relates to a wheelbarrow in which the axle of the wheelis mounted in goose-necks attached to the front end of the barrow andprojecting upward therefrom, thus enabling a large wheel to be employedwith a low barrow. Also, to the combinationof the axle with the barrowby means of springs and guards, as described.

Referring to the drawing, a are the goose-necks, the same being' made ofmalleable iron and bolted at their rear parts to the under surfacesofthe side pieces b, and extending upward in front of the ends of thelatter. It is an advantage to have a low barrow, on account of thegreater ease of loading, and it is also an advantage to have a wheel ofconsiderable diameter, on account of the greater ease of propelling it.These two advantages are obtained by means of my goosenecks. Thejournals h of the axle d are mounted in curved springs c at thefrontends of the latter. Said springs are attached, near their rearends, to the front sides of the goose-necks, and pass through slots fmade in guards y, which are attached at their upper 4ends to thegoose-necks, near the front extremities of the latter. The journals hare immediately in front of the guards g, so that the latter, in movingforward, bear directly against said journals, thus taking all strain oifthe springs except that of the weight of the barrow. The slots j' givethe barrow considerable play, and the springs e cause it to be lessjarring to the wheeler than as though it had no springs.

It is obvious that the springs and guard may be used with straight barsinstead of goose-necks. Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv l, A wheelbarrow,provided with goose-necks a, as specified.

2. The combination of a wheelbarrow with slotted guards g and springs e,as described.

JOHN GEBR. Witnesses:

AMos ADAMS, DENToN J. EDELIN. (3l)

